Upcoming MPPA Events
2024 Events
Fall Semester 2024
![Dr. Eric Griego](/management/images/Dr.EricGriego1.jpg)
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 at 5:30pm
Social and Solidarity Economy - Lessons from Barcelona
Series: MPPA Policy Talk
Guest Speaker: Dr. Eric Griego
Location: Zoom Webinar
Reasons To Attend:
- Learn about creative solutions to addressing income inequities
- Understand what solidarity economy means and how it works
- Discuss ways that we can create a more equitable world
Spring Semester 2024
![Maureen McGuire](/management/events/images/Untitleddesign.jpg)
Thursday, February 29, 2024 at 6:00pm
Strategic Miscalculations and Consequences of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Middle East
Guest Speaker: Khodr M. Zaarour, PhD, Assistant Professor, North Carolina State University
Location: Ullman Conference Center 100/101
![Pam](/management/events/images/Untitled_designcopy.jpg)
![Maria](/management/events/images/Untitled_design.jpg)
![Rosie](/management/events/images/Untitled_design_copy_2.jpg)
Thursday, March 14th, 2024 at 5:30pm
Accounting and MPPA/ICMA Graduate Student Club | Panel Event
Guest Speakers:
Pam Kessler, Co President and CFO, LTC Properties, INC.
Maria Mondala-Duncan, Senior Managment Anaylisist, City of Simi Valley
Moderator:
Rosie Baker, Communications Coordinator, CLU School of Management
Location: Swenson 101
Previous 2023 Events
![Maureen McGuire](/management/events/images/maureen-mcguire.jpg)
Wednesday, November 1, 2023
From Fields to Streams: Navigating Water Quality Challenges in Ventura County Agricultural Irrigated Lands
Guest Speaker: Maureen McGuire, CEO, Farm Bureau of Ventura County
![Rob Pieroni](/management/events/images/rob-pieroni.jpg)
![David Pollock](/management/events/images/david-pollock.jpg)
Thursday, September 14, 2023
Flipping Your Perception Of Government with David Pollock
Guest Speaker: David Pollock, Director of Client Relations, Green Law Group
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![Sevet Johnson](/management/events/images/sevet-johnson.jpg)
Thursday, September 7, 2023
MPPA/ ICMA Fall Mixer
Guest Speaker: Sevet Johnson, County Executive Officer of Ventura County
![Philippe Eskandar](/management/events/images/Philippe_Eskandar.png)
![Erika Herrera-Terriquez](/management/events/images/Erika_Herrera_Terriquez.png)
![Carmen Nichols](/management/events/images/Carmen_Nichols.png)
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
ICMA: Assistant/Deputy City Manager Career Panel Webinar
Guest Speakers:
Philippe Eskandar, Deputy City Manager, City of Westlake
Erika Herrera-Terriquez, Assistant City Manager, City of Fillmore
Carmen Nichols, Assistant City Manager, City of Camarillo
![Dr. Wa'ed](/management/events/images/Dr_Waed.png)
Wednesday, March 1, 2023
Revisiting Integration Policies in the United States: From Patchwork Policies to a Systematic Approach
Guest Speaker: Dr. Wa'ed Alshoubaki, Assistant Professor, University of Jordan
![Alexander Balkin](/management/events/images/Alexander_Balkin.png)
Thursday, February 9, 2023
Federal Spending, Debt, and the Budget: What the Nation Buys and Why?
Guest Speaker: Alexander Balkin, Previous Command Inspector General, U.S. Navy
![Troy Brown](/management/events/images/Troy_Brown.png)
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
MPPA/ICMA Networking Event
Guest Speaker: Troy Brown, City Manager, City of Moorpark
![Chris Beck](/management/events/images/Christopher_Beck.png)
Tuesday, January 24, 2023
California Water Policy: A Historical Review of Water Policy in California
Guest Speaker: Christopher Beck, Previous General Counsel, Ventura Housing Authority & Planning Commissioner